1962 South Korean constitutional referendum

1962 South Korean constitutional referendum

17 December 1962

Results
Choice
Votes %
Yes 8,339,333 80.59%
No 2,008,801 19.41%
Valid votes 10,348,134 97.75%
Invalid or blank votes 237,864 2.25%
Total votes 10,585,998 100.00%
Registered voters/turnout 12,412,798 85.28%

A constitutional referendum was held in South Korea on 17 December 1962.[1] The new constitution was approved by 80.6% of voters, with a turnout of 85.3%.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen, Florian Grotz & Christof Hartmann (2001) Elections in Asia: A data handbook, Volume II, p420 ISBN 0-19-924959-8
  2. ^ Nohlen et al., p427